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- AUX: Aural eXchange
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- This is the first release of the AUX sound sample translator.
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- AUX translates sound samples between different file formats.
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- Currently, it translates between "raw" files, Sound Blaster .VOC files,
- IRCAM SoundFile files, and SUN Sparcstation .au files.
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- After compiling, run 'tests'. It should print nothing. This
- indicates that the programs mostly work. By reading the tests
- you may see how to make a sound sample file which you can play.
- 'monkey.au' is a short lo-fi monkey screech.
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- AUX uses file suffices to determine the nature of a sound sample file.
- If it finds the suffix in its list, it uses the appropriate read
- or write handler to deal with that file. You may override the suffix
- by giving a different type via the '-t type' argument. See the manual
- page for more information.
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- I hope to inspire the creation of a common base of sound processing
- tools for computer multimedia work, similar to the PBM toolkit for
- image manipulation (but consuming less disk space :-).
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- The files I wrote are Copyright Lance Norskog, and may be used for
- any purpose. The U-Law translation code comes from Jef Poskanzer's
- SST shar package. SST contains a raft of sound effects programs
- for the SPARC .AU format.
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